Torrington Telegram - Wednesday, November 11, 2026

A few months ago, I wrote about dinner at Cottonwood Country Club. I closed that column with an offer: I’d rather not play my first round solo, so if a local wanted to tee it up with me, I’d write about the course next. Kate Hutchins of Torrington took me up on it, and the two of us went out as a twosome. Before the golf, one thing needs clearing up, because it caused confusion after that first column. Cottonwood at Torrington Golf Course and Cottonwood Country Club are not the same thing, even with the similar names. The 18-hole course at West 15th Avenue and Golf Course Road is owned and operated by the City of Torrington, and it is open to the public. The country club shares the grounds but is a separate organization with its own membership. Joining the club does not give you the right to play the city course, and buying a city golf pass does not make you a club member.

There is something special about spending a fall afternoon at a pumpkin patch, especially when it involves good friends, good food, adorable farm animals and getting a little lost in a corn maze.

TORRINGTON – Goshen County commissioners lifted the county’s Stage 1 fire restrictions effective Wednesday, Nov. 4, after recent rain improved soil moisture. The restrictions had been in place since April 8.

Halloween fell on a Saturday this year, and there were plenty of ways to celebrate in Goshen County and neighboring Nebraska. The Telegram has photos of two of them: the Main Street Trunk-or-Treat in Torrington on Friday, Oct. 30, and the Lingle Volunteer Fire Department’s annual Haunted Fire Hall, which ran Oct. 29-31 at the Lingle Fire Hall. The Haunted Fire Hall was open to all ages, with a less frightening experience for younger children, Lingle Volunteer Fire Department Capt. Logan Dailey said. Fire department members and their families, along with members of the Lingle-Fort Laramie football team, helped with the event. Admission was free, with donations accepted.